Abstract:
:Early stages of nodulation involve the exchange of signals between the bacterium and the host plant. Bacterial nodulation (nod) genes are required for Rhizobium spp. to synthesize lipooligosaccharide morphogens, termed Nod factors. The common nod genes encode enzymes that synthesize the factor core structure, which is modified by host-specific gene products. Here we show direct in vitro evidence that Rhizobium meliloti NodH, a host-specific nodulation gene, catalyzes the transfer of sulfate from 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate to the terminal 6-O position of Nod factors, and we show substrate requirements for the reaction. Our results indicate that polymerization of the chitooligosaccharide backbone likely precedes sulfation and that sulfation is not absolutely dependent on the presence or the particular structure of the N-acyl modification. NodH sulfation provides a tool for the enzymatic in vitro synthesis of novel Nod factors, or putative Nod factors intermediates, with high specific activity.
journal_name
J Bacterioljournal_title
Journal of bacteriologyauthors
Ehrhardt DW,Atkinson EM,Faull KF,Freedberg DI,Sutherlin DP,Armstrong R,Long SRdoi
10.1128/jb.177.21.6237-6245.1995subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-11-01 00:00:00pages
6237-45issue
21eissn
0021-9193issn
1098-5530journal_volume
177pub_type
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